New Prospect for Hong Kong () is a political group established in October 2019 consisting mainly of mainland Chinese living in Hong Kong, dubbed "gang piao" in Mandarin.
Background
The party was initially formed in October 2019 during the
2019-2020 Hong Kong protests. Its co-founder Gary Zhang was a manager at the
Prince Edward station
Prince Edward is a station of the MTR rapid transit system in Hong Kong. It is located in Mong Kok, Kowloon, under the intersection of Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road West. The station is named after this road.
History
As Prince Edward wa ...
during the
Prince Edward station attack on 31 August 2019 and had said that "Hongkongers are not rioters". The other co-founders included lawyer Paul Wang from Haldanes, and Marco Liu, founder of the PR company Hong Kong Asia Cultural Dissemination.
In the
2021 Legislative Council election, Gary Zhang ran in the
New Territories North, receiving nominations from
HKU professor
Yuen Kwok-yung
Yuen Kwok-yung (; born 30 December 1956) is a Hong Kong microbiologist, physician and surgeon. He is a prolific researcher, with most of his nearly 800 papers (as of December 2020) related to research on novel microbes or emerging infect ...
, former
HKEx
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX; , also 香港交易所 or 港交所 ) operates a range of equity, commodity, fixed income and currency markets through its wholly owned subsidiaries The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK ...
CEO
Charles Li,
Cheung Kong Holdings
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, is a multinational conglomerate, based in Hong Kong. It was one of Hong Kong's leading multi-national conglomerates. The company merged with its subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa on 3 June 2015, as part of a major ...
managing director Justin Chiu and
MTR CEO Jacob Kam.
Elections performance
Legislative council elections
See also
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Bauhinia Party
The Bauhinia Party is a pro-Beijing conservative political party in Hong Kong. It was founded in 2020 by a cohort of mainland Chinese executives employed in the financial institutions of Hong Kong. The party has been seen as oriented towards the " ...
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New immigrants in Hong Kong
New immigrants in Hong Kong () generally refers to migrants from mainland China ( Mainlanders). Despite its literal meaning, the term is rarely used to describe newly arrived immigrants from regions other than Mainland China. Since the transf ...
References
External links
New Prospect for Hong Kong Website
{{Hong Kong political parties
2019 establishments in Hong Kong
Political organisations based in Hong Kong
Political parties established in 2019
Conservative parties in Hong Kong